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"We would like our main players to rest before the upcoming T20 World Cup" : Mohammad Rizwan
Mohammad Rizwan speaking to the press:
"We don't usually see a Test match which takes the direction of a T20 game as did the 1st Test against the West Indies; Our boys worked very hard in this game"
"When talking about the WTC, let me say its more important to see how we finish the Championship rather than worry about how we start it; Last time we didn't do too well but this time we have made a plan to do better and improve ourselves as there are 12 more matches in this, and hopefully we will do better in this Championship"
"For the last 9-10 months we have been playing cricket on a regular basis and the amount of cricket has increased, and living our lives and playing cricket in a bio-secure bubble is very tough"
"The next big event for us is the ICC T20 World Cup and all our eyes are focussed on that tournament, so all of us main players would like to rest ourselves mentally for the upcoming main event"
"So by resting ourselves for the ODIs, that will help us it will give rest to our bodies and also will be a good opportunity for our bench players"
"Looking at the effort of in the first match of the series, you will see that we came in with the aim of winning the series but unfortunately, the result did not go our way; We were a little unlucky and also made same mistakes in our fielding but no one can say that we played with low energy or stopped believing in ourselves"
"The next game is very important for us - we won the T20I series and we will with the Almighty's help level this series also"
"It seems that one way or another, we seem to let the match slip away from us whenever we are playing outside Pakistan. Apart from the Manchester Test, we also took the game to to the end in the 1st Test in New Zealand and I am happy to say that we are doing somethings right as we did against South Africa and Zimbabwe. Even here we have gelled well as a team but there are issues with our fielding which we will fix; We will work on our mistakes and weaknesses and not disappoint our nation"
"Our openers have performed well in the past but if you ask me, I say that we are playing just 2 Tests in every series in recent times whereas before we used to have 3 or 5-match series; When you play such few Tests in a series, its not that easy to build-up a consistent team and so we really need to back our openers who are not performing to the level we are demanding from them"
"But to be fair, given the nature of the pitch where scores are not that high, we need to properly assess how good our openers have been in such conditions. When the whole side is being bowled out for 180 odd, then we need to think carefully about how we judge the performances of each player and see how well they have done in the role they were given"
"Sometimes depending on the pitch condition, we have to decide on what is the best score on this and score at that rate although this is no excuse for not scoring runs. In the first innings, though, I felt that we could attack and fight ourselves out of that situation but I was a little unlucky in doing that. I will hopefully at some time play a long innings also"
"Although I do like to play under pressure, there is always pressure when you are playing a captain or vice-captain. Whenever Babar needs it, I go to him and offer my advice. The pressure, to be honest, should be only on Babar as he is captain and he is doing well and handling the pressure at key moments. He may be feeling it inside himself but he has never shown it on the outside"
"Our middle-order is very good in Tests with Babar Azam and Fawad Alam who are doing well in ICC Rankings. We also have Azhar Ali who is helping out players but obviously collapses can happen in Tests. If we are talking about middle-order in T20s then we all know the issues there but we are working on this and trying out ways to fix this before the T20 World Cup"
Mohammad Rizwan speaking to the press:
"We don't usually see a Test match which takes the direction of a T20 game as did the 1st Test against the West Indies; Our boys worked very hard in this game"
"When talking about the WTC, let me say its more important to see how we finish the Championship rather than worry about how we start it; Last time we didn't do too well but this time we have made a plan to do better and improve ourselves as there are 12 more matches in this, and hopefully we will do better in this Championship"
"For the last 9-10 months we have been playing cricket on a regular basis and the amount of cricket has increased, and living our lives and playing cricket in a bio-secure bubble is very tough"
"The next big event for us is the ICC T20 World Cup and all our eyes are focussed on that tournament, so all of us main players would like to rest ourselves mentally for the upcoming main event"
"So by resting ourselves for the ODIs, that will help us it will give rest to our bodies and also will be a good opportunity for our bench players"
"Looking at the effort of in the first match of the series, you will see that we came in with the aim of winning the series but unfortunately, the result did not go our way; We were a little unlucky and also made same mistakes in our fielding but no one can say that we played with low energy or stopped believing in ourselves"
"The next game is very important for us - we won the T20I series and we will with the Almighty's help level this series also"
"It seems that one way or another, we seem to let the match slip away from us whenever we are playing outside Pakistan. Apart from the Manchester Test, we also took the game to to the end in the 1st Test in New Zealand and I am happy to say that we are doing somethings right as we did against South Africa and Zimbabwe. Even here we have gelled well as a team but there are issues with our fielding which we will fix; We will work on our mistakes and weaknesses and not disappoint our nation"
"Our openers have performed well in the past but if you ask me, I say that we are playing just 2 Tests in every series in recent times whereas before we used to have 3 or 5-match series; When you play such few Tests in a series, its not that easy to build-up a consistent team and so we really need to back our openers who are not performing to the level we are demanding from them"
"But to be fair, given the nature of the pitch where scores are not that high, we need to properly assess how good our openers have been in such conditions. When the whole side is being bowled out for 180 odd, then we need to think carefully about how we judge the performances of each player and see how well they have done in the role they were given"
"Sometimes depending on the pitch condition, we have to decide on what is the best score on this and score at that rate although this is no excuse for not scoring runs. In the first innings, though, I felt that we could attack and fight ourselves out of that situation but I was a little unlucky in doing that. I will hopefully at some time play a long innings also"
"Although I do like to play under pressure, there is always pressure when you are playing a captain or vice-captain. Whenever Babar needs it, I go to him and offer my advice. The pressure, to be honest, should be only on Babar as he is captain and he is doing well and handling the pressure at key moments. He may be feeling it inside himself but he has never shown it on the outside"
"Our middle-order is very good in Tests with Babar Azam and Fawad Alam who are doing well in ICC Rankings. We also have Azhar Ali who is helping out players but obviously collapses can happen in Tests. If we are talking about middle-order in T20s then we all know the issues there but we are working on this and trying out ways to fix this before the T20 World Cup"
